Side constructions for railway freight cars



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SIDE CONSTRUCTIONS FOR RAILWAY FREIGHT CARS Filed July 2, 1953 -3Sheets-Sheet 3 /A/vE/v7-ae- W/LFB ED 69. DE UcH MP SIDE CONSTRUCTIONSFOR RAILWAY FREIGHT CARS Wilfred A. Beauchamp, Chicago, 11]., assignorto The Youngstown Steel Door Company, Cleveiand, @hio, a corporation ofOhio Application July 2, 1953, Serial No. 365,729

16 Claims. c1. 105-4l) This invention relates to side constructions forrailway freight cars and more particularly to the construction of sidesfor box or house cars adjacent to the door openings formed in the carsides.

It is an object of this invention to provide steel-sheathed sideconstructions for railway box cars which shall be capable of resistingstresses imposed thereon adjacent to the door opening formed in saidconstructions as a result of forces acting upon the cars and causinglengthwise movement of the upper portion of the side constructionsrelative to the side sills so as to resist breaking of side sills of thecars adjacent to the door openings.

A further object is to provide car side constructions of the characterindicated above which shall eliminate the gussets heretofore used toconnect the door posts of car side constructions to the side sills ofcar underframes.

A further object is to provide car side constructions for railway boxcars which shall embody door posts, portions of which shall extend alongand be secured to the side sills of the car underframes in the dooropenings so as to reinforce the side sills against breakage.

A further object is to provide car side constructions for railway boxcars which shall embody door posts, portions of which shall extend alongand be secured to the side plates of the car in the door openings so asto reinforce the side plates against breakage.

A further object is to provide side constructions for railway box carswhich shall embody side sills and door posts secured to the side sillsand so constructed and arranged as to resist breaking of the side sillsadjacent to the door openings.

A further object is to provide door posts for car side constructions forrailway box cars which shall embody vertical inclined stress carryingmembers.

A further object is to provide door posts for car side constructions forrailway box cars which shall embody a plate member one margin of whichis formed into an angular, vertically inclined stress carrying member.

A further object is to provide door posts for car side constructions forrailway box cars which shall embody a plate member one margin of whichcarries an angular, vertically inclined stress carrying member whereinthe plate member is so constructed and arranged that it can be secured.directly to the side sill structure of the cars and thereby eliminatethe separate gusset members heretofore required.

A further object is to provide door posts for car side constructions forrailway. box cars which shall be wider than usual so as to be capable ofreceiving wide removable nailing members and thereby prevent nailing anddamage to the tongue and groove lining boards of such cars. i I

Other objects of this invention will become clear as the descriptionthereof proceeds.

In the drawings forming part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is afragmentary elevation of a side construction embodying theinstant invention, parts being broken Patented Jan. 20, 195% ice Fig. 2is a vertical section taken on line 2--2 of Fig. Fig. 3 is a verticalsection taken on line 3--3 of Fig. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken online 4-4 of Fig. Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 55 of Fig.Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. l.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section taken on line 7--7 of Fig. 1. 1

The car side construction illustrated in the drawings is designated as awhile by the reference numeral 10. This construction embodies the usualsubstantially Z-shaped side plate 11 and angle side sill 12 which extendsubstantially the entire length of the side, Z-shaped intermediateposts, two of which are indicated at 13 and 14, extending between andsecured to the side plate and side sill, and metallic sheathing 15extending between and secured to the side plate, side sill andintermediate posts. The side sill 12 is reinforced by a channel 16.

The car side construction also embodies similar door posts 17 and 18which extend between and are secured to the side plate 11 and side sill12. According to the instant invention the door posts 17 and 18 comprisevertically extending substantially channel-shaped members 19 and 2t] andplate members 21 and 22 to which the channel-shaped members 19 and aresecured, as

by means of rivets.

The door post members 19 and 20, which define the sides of a dooropening 23, extend continuously between the side plate and side sill. Atthe side sill portions of the flanges 24, 25 and 26, 27 of these membersare cut away and the remaining portions and the webs 28 and 29 of thesemembers are bent inwardly toward the door opening 23 and away from theplate members 21 and 22 and extended along and secured to the side sill,as by means of welding, in the door opening. The portions of the members19 and 20 which extend along the side sill thus cooperate with theverticaland horizontal legs 30 and 31 of the sill to provide a boxsection which substantially reinforces the sill adjacent to the doorposts and preventsbreaking of the sill.

At the side plate 11 the vertical channel-shaped members 19 and 20 ofthe door .posts are bent inwardly toward the door opening 23 and awayfrom the plate members 21 and 22 and extended along the side plate towhich the extended portions are secured, as by means of welding. Aportion of the flanges 24 and 26, a portion of the webs 28 and 29 andthe flanges 25 and 27, are cut away from the extended portions of themembers 19 and 26. The flanges 24 and 26 are secured, as by rivets, tothe inner face of the depending flange 32 of the side plate, and thewebs 28 and 29 extend inwardly below the web 33 of the side plate andare secured, as by means of welding, to a side plate reinforcing member34 riveted to the upstanding flange 35 of the side plate. The side plateis thereby reinforced against breaking adjacent to the door posts sincea sturdy box section is provided.

The plate members 21 and 22 of the door posts extend upwardly to the web33 of the side plate and are secured to the inner face of the dependingflange 32 of the side plate as by means of rivets, filler plates 36 and37 being interposed between the plate members and flange 32. The plates21 and 22 extend downwardly and outwardly of the side sill 12 and sidesill reinforcing channel 16 and are secured to these members, as bymeans of rivets, thereby providing a sturdy connection and base for thedoor posts. The efiectiveness of this connection and base of the doorposts is materially enhanced by the construction of the, plates wherebyvertically, inclined marginal portions 38 and 39are provided thereonwhich obtain broad bases 40 and 41 and greater resistance tolongiaseaasi 3 tudinal movement of the side constructions under carimpact. This construction, moreover, resists breaking of the side sillsadjacent to the door posts.

To provide a sturdy construction for the inclined mar ginal portions 38and 39, which have upwardly convergins, relationship with thechannel-shaped members 19 and 20, for the purposes noted, these marginalportions are flanged inwardly as indicated at 42 and 43 at substantiallya right angle to the plate members 21 and 22 and then outwardlysubstantially parallel with the plate members as indicated at 44 and 45.These flanges cooperate with the plate members. to provide in effectsturdy, substantially Z-shaped sections 46 and 47 which reinforce theplate members and are capable of carrying stresses of compression andtension. As illustrated in the drawings the Z-shaped sections areinclined and converge upwardly relative to the channel-shaped members 19and it} of the door posts.

As shown in Figs. 1-5 the flanges 42, 43, 44 and 45 extend continuouslyfrom the horizontal flange 31 of the side sill 12 to the web 33 of theside plate 11. At the vertical flange 39 of the side sill the platemembers 21 and 22 are notched as indicated at 48 and 49 to permit theflanges 42, 43, 44 and 45 to lie inwardly of the vertical flange 3d andthe plate members to extend downward on the outside of this flange andthe side sill reinforcing member 16.

The opposite margins 50 and 51 of the plate members 21 and 22 areprovided with flanges 52 and 53 which extend outwardly at substantiallya right angle to the plates and provide bases for the attachment ofspark strips and front door stops (not shown). The flanges 52 and 53extend continuously from the lower edge of the depending flange 32 ofthe side plate to the lower edges of the bases at and 41 and serve alsoto reinforce the plate members. At the side plate the flanges 52 and 53are cutaway as shown at 54- and 55.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description that the inst ntinvention provides anovel door post construction which affords a sturdybase and which substantially resists breaking of the side sills ofrailway box cars adjacent to the door posts. By the formation on thedoor posts of inclined angularly shaped marginal portions greatresistance is oflfered to the movement of the car side constructionresulting from car impact and the like and the tendency of the sidesills to break adjacent to the door posts is further minimized.

Moreover, the greater width of .door post provided by the instantinvention obtains a substantial increase in the width of nailing membersshown-diagrammatically at 56 and 57 secured to the door posts in anydesired manner. Damage to the tongue and groove lining boards showndiagrammatically at 58 is thereby prevented when grain boards are nailedto the nailing members and a substantial economy of operation isobtained.

It will be apparent that numerous changes and modifications in thedetails of the invention will be clear to those skilled in the art. Itis intended, therefore, that all such modifications and changes hecomprehended within this invention, which is to be limited only by thescope of the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

1. In a railway box car having a side construction embodying a sidesill, a side plate, and intermediate posts and sheathing extendingbetween and secured to the side sill and side plate, metallic door postsextending between and secured to the side sill, side plate, andsheathingand defining thesides of a door opening formed in the sideconstruction, each of said door posts comprising a vertical angularmember disposed contiguous with the door opening and a plate memberwider than said angular member extending between and secured to the sidesill and side plate, said angular member being secured to and along onemarginal portion of said plate member and extending between the sidesill and side plate, the oppo-- site marginal portion of said platemember having an angular vertically inclined section extendingtherealong, said section and said angular member converging from theside sill to the side plate,

2. In a railway box car having a side construction embodying a sidesill, a reinforcing member secured to said side sill, a side plate, andintermediate posts and sheathing extending between and secured to theside sill and side plate, metallic door posts extending between andsecured to the side sill, side plate, and sheathing and defining thesides ofa door opening formed in the side construction, each of saiddoor posts comprising a vertical angular member disposed contiguous withthe door opening and a plate member wider than said angular memberextending between and secured to the side sill and side plate, saidangular member being secured to and along one marginal portion of saidplate member and extending between the side sill and side plate, theopposite marginal portion of said plate member having an angularvertically inclined section extending there along, said section and saidangular member converging from the side sill to the side plate, saidplate member extending downwardly below said angular section and beingsecured to said side sill and side sill reinforcing member.

3. In a railway box car having a side construction embodying a side sillprovided with an upstanding flange, a reinforcing member secured to saidside sill, a side plate, and intermediate posts and sheathing extendingbetween and secured to the side sill and side plate, metallic door postsextending between and secured to the side sill, side plate, andsheathing and defining the sides of a door opening formed in the sideconstruction, each of said door posts comprising a vertical angularmember disposed contiguous with the door opening and a plate memberwider than said angular member extending between and secured to the sidesill and side plate, said angular member being secured to and along onemarginal portion of said plate member and extending between the sidesill and side plate, the opposite marginal portion of said plate memberhaving an angular vertically inclined section extending therealong, saidsection and said angular member converging from the side sill to theside plate, said angular section terminating at the side sill, the lowerportion of said angular section being. separated from said plate memberand disposed inwardly of said upstanding flange of said side sill andbeing secured to said side sill, said plate member extending downwardlybelow said angular section in overlapping relation with and, beingsecured to said upstanding flange of said side sill and said reinforcingmember.

4. In a railway box car having a side construction embodying a sidesill, a side plate, and intermediate posts and sheathing extendingbetween and secured to the side sill and side plate, metallic door postsextending between and secured to the side sill, side plate, andsheathing and defining the sides of a door opening formed in the sideconstruction, each of said door posts comprising a vertical angularmember disposed contiguous with the door opening and a plate memberwider than said angular member extending between and secured to the sidesill and side plate, said angular member being secured to and along onemarginal portion of said plate member and extending between the sidesill and side plate, the opposite marginal portion of said plate memberhaving an angular vertically inclined section extending therealong, saidsection and said angular member converging from the side sill to theside plate, said angular member being turned into said door opening atsaid side sill and extended along and secured to said side sill in saiddoor opening.

5. In a railway box car having a side construction embodying a sidesill, a side plate, and intermediate posts and sheathing extendingbetween and secured to the side sill and side plate, metallic door postsextending between and secured to the sidesill, side plate, and sheathingand defining the sides of a door opening N is formed in the sideconstruction, each of said door posts comprising a verticalchannel-shaped member having inner and outer legs and a web disposedcontiguous with the door opening and a plate member wider than saidchannel-shaped member and extending between and secured to the side silland side plate, said outer leg of said channel-shaped member beingsecured to and along one marginal portion of said plate member, saidchannelshaped member extending between the side sill and side plate, theopposite marginal portion of said plate member having an angular,vertically inclined section, said section and said channel-shaped memberconverging from the side sill to the side plate, said side sill havingan upstanding flange and an inwardly extending flange, saidchannelshaped member being turned into the door opening at said sidesill and extended along said side sill in the door opening so that saidweb of said channel-shaped member is spaced from said inwardly extendingflange of said side sill and said legs extend downwardly, said outer legbeing secured to said upstanding flange of said side sill and said innerleg being secured to said inwardly extending leg of said side sill.

6. in a railway box car having a side construction embodying a sidesill, a side plate, and intermediate posts and sheathing extendingbetween and secured to the side sill and side plate, metallic door postsextending between and secured to the side sill, side plate, andsheathing and defining the sides of a door opening formed in the sideconstruction, each of said door posts comprising a vertical angularmember disposed contiguous with the door opening and a plate memberwider than said angular member extending between and secured to the sidesill and side plate, said angular member being secured to and along onemarginal portion of said plate member and extending between the sidesill and side plate, the opposite marginal portion of said plate memberhaving an angular vertically inclined section extending therealong, saidsection and said angular member converging from the side sill to theside plate, said angular member being turned into said door opening atsaid side plate and extended along and secured to said side plate in thedoor opening.

7. In a railway box car having a side construction embodying a sidesill, a side plate, and intermediate posts and sheathing extendingbetween and secured to the side sill and side plate, metallic door postsextending between and secured to the side sill, side plate, andsheathing and defining the sides of a door opening formed in the sideconstruction, each of said door posts comprising a verticalchannel-shaped member having inner and outer legs and a web disposedcontiguous with the door opening and a plate member wider than saidchannel-shaped member and extending between and secured to the side silland side plate, said outer leg of said channel-shaped member beingsecured to and along one marginal portion of said plate member, saidchannel-shaped member extending between the side sill and side plate,the opposite marginal portion of said plate member having an angular,vertically inclined section, said section and said channel-shaped memberconverging from the side sill to the side plate, said side plate havingan upstanding flange, an outwardly extending flange, a vertical flangedepending therefrom, and a reinforcing member secured to and dependingfrom the upstanding flange, said inner leg and a portion of said outerleg and web of said channel-shaped member being removed at said sideplate and said web and outer leg thereof being turned into the dooropening at said side plate and extended along said side plate in thedoor opening so that said web is spaced from said outwardly extendingflange of said side plate and said outer leg extends upwardly, saidouter leg being secured to said vertical flange of said side plate andsaid web being secured to said reinforcing member.

8. In a railway box car having a side construction embodying a side sillprovided with an upstanding flange, a reinforcing member secured to saidside sill, a side plate, and intermediate posts and sheathing extendingbetween and secured to the side sill and side plate, metallic door postsextending between and secured to the side sill, side plate, andsheathing and defining the sides of a door opening formed in the sideconstruction, each of said door posts comprising a vertical angularmember disposed contiguous with the door opening and a plate memberwider than said angular member extending between and secured to the sidesill and side plate, said angular member being secured to and along onemarginal portion of said plate member and extending between the sidesill and side plate, the opposite marginal portion of said plate memberhaving an angular vertically inclined section extending therealong, saidsection and said angular member converging from the side sill to theside plate, said angular section terminating at the side sill, the lowerportion of said angular section being separated from said plate memberand disposed inwardly of said upstanding flange of said side sill andbeing secured to said side sill, said plate member extending downwardlybelow said angular section in overlapping relation with and beingsecured to said upstanding flange of said side sill and said reinforcingmember, said angular member extending into the door opening at said sidesill and extending along and secured to said side sill in said dooropening.

9. A metallic door post for railway box car side constructions having aside sill structure at the bottom there of and a side plate at the topthereof, said door post comprising an angular member having inner andouter legs and a connecting web and a plate member wider than saidangular member, said angular member being secured to and along onevertical marginal portion of said plate member, the opposite marginalportion of said plate member being inclined and bent to provide aninwardly extending inclined flange and an inclined flange extending atan angle from said latter flange whereby said opposite marginal portionhas an inclined angular section, said angular section and said angularmember converging upwardly, said door post when assembled in said sideconstructions extending between and being secured to said side sillstructure and said side plate.

10. A metallic door post for railway box car side constructions having aside sill structure at the bottom thereof and a side plate at the topthereof, said door post comprising an angular member having inner andouter legs and a connecting web and a plate member wider than saidangular member, said angular member being secured to and along onevertical marginal portion of said plate member, the opposite marginalportion of said plate member being inclined and bent to provide aninwardly extending inclined flange and an inclined flange extending atan angle from said latter flange whereby said opposite marginal portionhas an inclined angular section, said angular section and said angularmember converging upwardly, said door post when assembled in said sideconstructions extending between and being secured to said side sillstructure and said side plate, said angular member and said angularsection terminating above the bottom of said plate member.

11. A metallic door post for railway box car side constructions having aside sill structure at the bottom thereof and a side plate at the topthereof, said door post comprising a substantially channel-shaped memberhaving inner and outer legs and a connecting web and a plate memberwider than said channel-shaped member, said outer leg of saidchannel-shaped member being secured to and along one vertical marginalportion of said plate member, the opposite marginal portion of saidplate member being inclined and bent to provide an inwardly extendinginclined flange and an inclined flange extending at an angle from saidlatter flange and cooperating therewith and with the adjacent portion ofsaid plate member to provide an inclined Z-shaped section, saidchannelshaped member and said z shaped section converging upwardly, saiddoor post when assembled in said side constructions extending betweenand being secured to said side sill structure and said side plate.

12. A metallic door post for railwaybox car side constructions having aside sill structure 'at the bottom thereof and a side plate at the topthereof, said door post comprising an angular member having inner andouter legs and a connecting web and a plate member wider than saidangular member, said angular member being secured to and along onevertical marginalportion of said plate member, the opposite marginalportion of said plate member being inclined and bent to provide aninwardly extending inclined flange and an inclined flange extending atan angle from said latter flange whereby said opposite marginal portionhas an inclined angular section, said angular section and said angularmember converging upwardly, said door post when assembled in said sideconstructions extending between and being secured to said side sillstructure and said side plate, the upper and lower ends of said angularmember being-bent away from said plate member.

13. A metallic door post for railway box car side constructions having aside sill structure at the bottom thereof and a side plate at the topthereof, said door post comprising a substantially channel-shaped memberhaving inner and outer legs and a connecting web and a plate memberwider than said channel-shaped member, said outer leg of saidchannel-shaped member being sccured to and along one vertical marginalportion of said plate member, the opposite marginal portion of saidplate member being inclined and bent to provide an inwardly extendinginclined flange and an inclined flange extending at an angle from saidlatter flange and cooperating therewith and with the adjacent portion ofsaid plate member to provide and inclined Z-shaped section, said chan..l shaped member and said Z-shaped section converging upwardly, saiddoor post when assembled in said side constructions extending betweenand being secured to said side sill structure and said side plate, theupper and lower ends of said channel-shaped member being bent away fromsaid plate member.

14. A metallic door post for railway box car side constructions having aside sill structure at the bottom thereof and a side plate at the topthereof, said door post comprising a substantially channel-shaped memberhaving inner and outer legs and a connecting web and a plate memberwider than said channel-shaped member, said outer leg of saidchannel-shaped member being secured to and along one vertical marginalportion of said plate member, the opposite marginal portion of saidplate member being inclined bent to provide an inwardly extendinginclined flange andan inclined flange extending at an angle from saidlatter flange and cooperating therewith and with the adjacent portion ofsaid plate member to provide an inclined Z-shaped section, saidchannelshaped member and said Z-shaped section converging upwardly, saiddoor post when assembled in said side constructions extending betweenand being secured to said side sill structure and said side plate, saidchannel-shaped member and said Z-shaped section terminating above thebottom of said plate member, the lower portion of said inwardlyextending flange of said Z-shapecl section being separated from saidplate member.

15. A metallic door post for railway box car side constructions having aside sill structure at the bottom thereof and a side plate at the topthereof, said door post comprising an angular member having inner andouter legs and a connecting web and a plate member wider than saidangular member, said angular member being secured to and along onevertical marginal portion of said plate member, the opposite marginalportion of said plate member being inclined and bent to provide aninwardly extending inclined flange and an inclined flange extending atan angle from said latter flange whereby said opposite marginal portionhas an inclined angular section, said angular section and said angularmember converging upwardly, the lower end of said angular member beingbent away from said plate member, said plate mmeber extending downwardlybelow said angular member and said angular section, said inwardlyextending flange on said plate member being separated from said platemember, said door post when assembled in said side constructionsextending between and being secured to said side sill structure and saidside plate.

16. A metallic door post for railway box car side constructions having aside sill structure at the bottom thereof and a side plate at the topthereof, said doc-r post comprising an angular member having inner andouter legs and a connecting web and a plate member wider than saidangular member, said outer leg of said angular member being secured toand along one vertical marginal portion of said plate member, theopposite marginal portion of said plate member being inclined and bentto provide an inwardly extending inclined flange and an inclined flangeextending at an angle from said latter flange whereby said oppositemarginal portion has an inclined angular section, said angular sectionand said angular member converging upwardly, the lower end said angularmember being bent away from said plate member, said door post whenassembled in said side constructions extending between and being securedto said side sill. structure and said side plate.

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